Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 14:18:19 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cannot get screen out of black/black mode... Message-ID: <20071104221819.GA64325@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20071104072207.1b41a334.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> References: <20071104061418.GA28570@thought.org> <20071104072207.1b41a334.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 07:22:07AM -0500, Randy Pratt wrote: > On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:14:18 -0800 > Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > > > > > Where do I set up the screen to never go blan? both in console > > (white on black) mode and in X? Every so often my video card > > driver (mga) remains blank after 10 to 15 minutes. And gets > > stuck in this mode. --FWIW, this did not happen in xorg-6.9-- > > only in the 7.x versions. My hunch is to never let the screen > > blank. The screensaver does seem to work, tho. > > Blanking in console mode is controlled by /etc/defaults/rc.conf: > > blanktime="300" # blank time (in seconds) or "NO" to turn it off. > > Put your override in /etc/rc.conf . > > Xorg blanking can be set via "xset". To see your settings run > "xset q". If you run "xset" without arguments, you can get hints > on settings: > > For screen-saver control: > s [timeout [cycle]] s default s on > s blank s noblank s off > s expose s noexpose > s activate s reset > > For more detail, see "man xset". Ty, ty, ty! For unknown reasons (I don't know how I screwed up and set this:-), I also set the screen to require my passwd to bring it back to life. But that's another issue; it'll be awhile before I figure out the widgets and gimmicks of Gnome/KDE. You've givenme a jump. Will Gnome choke if I put the ``xset [foobar]'' string in ~/.gnome2? I want to add some initiation commands for the window manager and the gnome-[stuff] seems to choke if I make the slightest fumble. > > You may also have some window manager screensaver mode to contend > with. Hm... Well, I'll experiment. One at a time; blanktime=NO or xset s off. > > Also as a side, since you're using the xf86-video-mga driver, see > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=117726 > Wow, that is very close to my problems:: with my G450 and the mga-1.9.100, my screen was only bright at 800x600. My workaround,, suggested by a gent in OZ was to use xgamma. xgamma -gamma 0.100 only works up to 1280x1024; but I've got 32megs on this video card, which is plenty. I haven't written a dev driver in years. The patch code looks interesting. I didn't understand that I could file a PR thru FBSD for an xorg driver fault... . > HTH, > really! gary > Randy > -- -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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